Daily Inspiration for Living A Course in Miracles

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Mr. Clean

Robert:
Waking up seems hard to do only because I have so diligently buried the guilt and fear that come with believing I am separate and alone. The ego would have me believe that I must figure out how to wake up; I must analyze and dissect my thoughts and feelings ad infinitum. This is an ego trick to keep me within the closed loop of ego thinking.

The ego is incapable of finding its way out of its self-created box. This is why forgiveness is not my job. Willingness to accept forgiveness is my job. This means I must be willing to offer all my thoughts, all my interpretations in every moment to the Holy Spirit with an open mind, willing to receive His interpretation.

It is the Holy Spirit’s function to judge, not mine. The Holy Spirit’s judgment is very simple: It’s either real or not real. When my mind is open, the Holy Spirit can teach me what is unreal. What I recognize as unreal I will automatically let go, without effort. I do not need to know all the unconscious “memories” I am carrying with me. They will fade away as I practice letting Holy Spirit be my interpreter in every moment. The Holy Spirit knows the past is gone and therefore meaningless. As I let the Holy Spirit interpret for me, I will learn the past is gone and can have no effect in the present.

Today I will practice again keeping my mind open to the Holy Spirit’s interpretation in every moment.

Mary:
The following prayer from Lesson 291 shows me how I can be truly helpful in this dream to help Holy Spirit’s plan of awakening to the truth:

This day my mind is quiet, to receive the Thoughts You offer me. And I accept what comes from You, instead of from myself. I do not know the way to You. But You are wholly certain. Father, guide Your Son along the quiet path that leads to You. Let my forgiveness be complete, and let the memory of You return to me. (A Course in Miracles, W-pII.291.2

What is coming to me again and again in many different ways is that there is no ‘outside world.’ There is no ‘past’ nor ‘future.’ There is only Love right now, which is eternal. The thoughts that come from the ego mind are just junk thoughts. I do not need to hold on to them and believe in them. My job now is simply to hand them over as they come up and let them be cleaned away by the Holy Spirit. By letting my mind be cleaned of false ideas, the way is made to receive Holy Spirit’s clear direction, Holy Spirit’s peace and happiness.

Today is another day of letting my mind be cleaned. A picture comes into my mind of Mr. Clean being the Holy Spirit. I ask Mr. Clean to wash away every thought that comes up that is not Love. And He smiles happily at my request because He is perfectly equipped for the task.

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The Peace Pool

Robert:
There is an image in my mind of a large, clear container filled with what appears to be clear water, like a sea aquarium. There is nothing in the container but this clear liquid.

The thought comes to me to take my disturbing thoughts and put them in this liquid. So I put my questions about the future in the container. An amazing thing happens. The liquid starts to bubble, like carbonated water. The bubbles coming out of the liquid are bubbles of peace. I just keep bringing everything that comes to mind and putting it in this pool. It continues to effervesce peace.

I put every judgment that comes to mind in the pool and more peace bubbles up. I put people with different political views in the pool and peace bubbles up. I put people with similar political views in the pool and peace bubbles up. It’s clear that if I put any image from the world in this pool, it will disappear and peace will bubble up. All that remains is peace.

Today, I will practice bringing all images to this peace pool to let peace be everywhere, always.

Mary:
I really appreciate Robert’s image of the peace pool. I have often used the image of putting things on God’s Altar, where everything I put there is transformed into God’s Light. I so appreciate the Holy Spirit giving us these images that help with letting go or forgiving the dream.

I am again reminded that there is nothing outside my mind. Everything I see in the outer world is a projection that I am real-izing. Putting things in the peace pool or on God’s Altar are very helpful to aid me in undoing my belief in the dream of separation. As I let my perceptions of separation be undone, peace returns. Now the undoing of my belief in the dream of separation is what time is for. Today I will practice putting everything I see with the body’s eyes in God’s peace pool. The feeling of peace grows stronger even as I think of doing this all through the day.

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Clearing the Way for Inspiration

Robert:
What do I want? My answer to that question determines what I experience. If I want to be unique and special, to manipulate my experience so that it appears that I alone am in control, then the world of separation will seem real to me. If I want only Love, if I want only the quiet joy of unity, then I will experience Love.

I have been deeply invested in wanting individuality. I am learning, though, that this does not give me what I really want. In the transition from that mistaken investment into the experience of oneness, it seems as though I toggle back and forth between buying the “reality” of the images of the world hook, line and sinker, and having glimpses of the quiet joy of unity in Love.

The key is not to condemn myself from buying the false images but rather to use each moment for practice in affirming my intension to join with Love. To all things I can say, “I love you” to the Divine Love that is beyond the image. As I focus on the Divinity, the image has less and less value. As its importance fades, the images the body’s eyes show me have less and less effect on my certainty of my safety in Love.

Today I will practice joining with the Love in all things. I love you.

Mary:
Today I will practice remembering that I know nothing. Today I will practice being open-minded instead of closed-minded by thinking I already know what is true.

Today I will practice choosing peace, which brings the open-mindedness that is so important to clearing the way for Holy Spirit’s inspiration. Today is for letting go and letting God.

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Receptive Quietness

Mary:
As I go to Spirit this morning, I am quietly reminded that there is no past, there is no future. There is only God right now. There is only Love eternally. I sit with that, absorbing the implications and applying it to my “dream life.”

What shows up for me as I do this is that I need not “worry” about anything. I truly am being carried through the dream story. The more I am willing to practice stepping back, going to peace and following Holy Spirit’s lead, the smoother the story becomes. The more I let go of control and trust in the Truth to lead me Home, the more simple my “life” becomes.

The old habit of trying to make something happen is gradually replaced with a gentle, receptive quietness. There is a growing feeling that all is well and that everyone is safe, no matter what crazy stories are being played out. There is a feeling of softness, gentleness and inner peace. I think this is what it means when A Course in Miracles tells us that, “Miracles come to the quiet mind.”

Robert:
As an extension of Love, I have one function — to give Love as It was given me. There is nothing else to do. In this world the reflection of this function is to forgive, which means to release the barriers to Love. Love extends automatically because of what It is.

The world was made as an attempt to limit Love and thus stands as a barrier against It. Forgiveness is simply the recognition that all seeming barriers to Love are not real.

To release these barriers built in my mind, I need help from beyond the seeming barriers. That help is the Holy Spirit, the one Self that I share with all my brothers. So while I believe I am in this world, my job is to turn over all interfering thoughts and welcome the gentle correction of what is not true. The resulting corrected perception is a forgiven world. The barriers against Love are dissolved and Love is allowed to be Itself.

This is my function today and every day.

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Accept with Gratitude

Robert:
Believing in a world of separation automatically brings guilt with it because it includes the belief that we have denied God’s gift to us. Guilt always demands punishment. The effect of this demand is the experience of fear, loss, lack, anger and attack. Everything I perceive through the body’s eyes, everything I see through the belief in being separate, is the projected effect of the demand for punishment. This is why forgiveness is the lynchpin for release from the hell of the dream of separation.

There is no “out there.” This is great news because it means that everything is in my mind, and I can change my mind. I have absolute control over everything I experience. I cannot be a victim. The perception of victimhood is simply an attempt to avoid responsibility for my experience. All this does is delay my release from guilt.

Forgive, forgive, forgive. This means to me that I need to be constantly, moment by moment, offering all my perceptions to the Holy Spirit and asking His help to forgive them. I accept His help with gratitude whenever I release any thought to the Holy Spirit. The forgiveness is a done deal. Accepting with gratitude is how I receive it. I love you God. Thank you God.

Mary:
Today peace is my one goal. I choose to practice accepting peace, which means I am willing to take each thought that does not reflect peace to the Holy Spirit to be undone. I open my mind to Holy Spirit’s cleaning action. Holy Spirit knows what to do, I do not. Today I am willing to be open and receive the many blessings of the Holy Spirit.

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Welcome Holy Spirit’s Vision

Mary:
Today I am willing to hold Holy Spirit’s Hand and follow, remembering I know nothing. I wait in quiet, knowing that what I ask for I will receive. I ask to see the truth. I ask to see through Holy Spirit’s eyes. That is all I want. That is all I need. As things come up, I hand them over for Holy Spirit’s transformed perception. This is how I rest in God today.

Holy Spirit to Robert:
Efforting is a sure sign that you are relying on your own “strength.” You are not letting yourself be carried but are attempting to control the images in your perception. This will never bring you peace.

Peace will come to your weary mind as you turn over your perceptions to the Holy Spirit and open to His interpretation. He will bring you back to the awareness of the present moment where you recognize that you are whole, perfect and safe in the Heart of God. As you remember this, you relax and welcome the Holy Spirit’s inspiration that guides you to the expression of Love in the world of perception.

Let yourself be carried today by the limitless Love of the Self you share with all.

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Love Offers Everything I Need

Robert:
My heart is filled with gratitude. In every moment, Love offers me everything I need. In another way it could be said the Universe of Love is mine. When I experience problems or limitations of any kind, I am simply denying the gift. The gift is always there, always offered.

It is not my prerogative to determine what the gift is. But I am free to deny it and thus be unaware of Its presence. Problems of any kind are simply symptoms of denial of the gift of Love. The problem is not “out there.” The problem is the denial in my mind that needs to be forgiven. Nothing more, nothing less. There is no out there. All appearances are simply a reflection of what I am holding in my mind, which is either Love or the denial of Love.

The denial of Love has no effect whatsoever on Love. The denial of Love is simply a false idea that can be let go. It is a fantasy, an hallucination. Being a fantasy, it has no substance although belief in the fantasy can give it the appearance of solidity in my experience. It is belief in the fantasy that must be undone.

If I want to experience the ever present, eternal gift of Love, I must give up the fantasies. This is what forgiveness does. I do not need to know how it happens. I only need to do the practice of turning over every thought and perception of limitation to the loving Self God created and ask for help to let it go (forgive it). Love does the rest. My gratitude accepts the gift that is returned to me when I turn over my thoughts.

I am truly blessed today because I have another day to practice letting go.

Mary:
Today when I still my mind and go to Spirit, I am very gently reminded that I am being carried. I am reminded that my real Self rests in God and that nothing can really happen to change God’s one Son. I am reminded that my hallucinations of separation mean nothing and that all is well.

I am encouraged to relax deeply and let go of all concerns, all worries and put them into God’s Hands, where they belong. I am reminded to choose the peace of my true Self rather than the uncertainty and conflict found in the ego mind. This putting the welcome mat out for peace opens the door for true inspiration. This is how I awaken to the truth. This is all I want. This is all I need.

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